<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">[Sent on behalf of the <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;" class="">IANA Numbering Services Review Committee</span>]</div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Dear colleagues,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">As you may be aware, as a result of the successful IANA Stewardship transition in 2016 <<a href="https://www.nro.net/stewardship-transition-archive/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><span class="s1" style="color: rgb(220, 161, 13);">https://www.nro.net/stewardship-transition-archive/</span></a>> , the IANA Numbering Services are today being managed through an SLA <<a href="https://www.nro.net/sla" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><span class="s1" style="color: rgb(220, 161, 13);">https://www.nro.net/sla</span></a>> between ICANN and the five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs).<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">As part of the result of the IANA Stewardship transition, the IANA Numbering Services Review Committee (IANA RC) <<a href="https://www.nro.net/iana-rc" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><span class="s1" style="color: rgb(220, 161, 13);">https://www.nro.net/iana-rc</span></a>> was established in 2016. The IANA RC is composed of representatives from each RIR region, and advises and assists the RIRs in the review of the IANA Numbering Services.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">The IANA services are today provided by Public Technical Identifiers (PTI), which publishes monthly performance reports on the IANA Numbering Services. <<a href="https://www.iana.org/performance/numbers" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><span class="s1" style="color: rgb(220, 161, 13);">https://www.iana.org/performance/numbers</span></a>><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Based on these monthly performance reports, the five RIRs have produced the 2020 IANA Performance Matrix Summary Report. <<a href="https://www.nro.net/2020-RIR-IANA-summary-report" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><span class="s1" style="color: rgb(220, 161, 13);">https://www.nro.net/2020-RIR-IANA-summary-report</span></a>><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">30 Day Public Comment Period<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">The IANA RC is now launching a public comment period of 30 days, seeking comments and input from the community on the IANA numbering services performance and the 2020 IANA Performance Matrix Summary Report.<<a href="https://www.nro.net/2020-RIR-IANA-summary-report" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><span class="s1" style="color: rgb(220, 161, 13);">https://www.nro.net/2020-RIR-IANA-summary-report</span></a>><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">The IANA RC encourages all members of the Internet number community to review the public IANA Performance Matrix Summary Report.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Comments on the IANA service performance should be sent to: iana-performance [at] nro [dot] net.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">The IANA RC will publish an annual report in March 2021, as advice to the NRO EC with its evaluation of the IANA Numbering services. The report will be based on the IANA Performance Matrix Summary Report, as well as any input gathered on the performance from the global number community.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">The public comment period ends on Friday, 5 March 2021 at 23:59 UTC.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">All public comments will be published on the NRO Website in the dedicated IANA RC section <<a href="https://www.nro.net/iana-rc-reports" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><span class="s1" style="color: rgb(220, 161, 13);">https://www.nro.net/iana-rc-reports</span></a>>, and will be considered as input to the final report by IANA. At the end of the 30-day public comment period, the IANA RC will meet and evaluate all input to the final report.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">The final IANA RC 2020 Report will be published at <<a href="https://www.nro.net/iana-rc-reports" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><span class="s1" style="color: rgb(220, 161, 13);">https://www.nro.net/iana-rc-reports</span></a>><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Kind regards,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Bertrand Cherrier<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Chair, IANA Numbering Services Review Committee<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Further Information<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">IANA Numbering Services Review Committee <<a href="https://www.nro.net/iana-rc" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><span class="s1" style="color: rgb(220, 161, 13);">https://www.nro.net/iana-rc</span></a>><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) <<a href="https://pti.icann.org/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><span class="s1" style="color: rgb(220, 161, 13);">https://pti.icann.org/</span></a>><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(220, 161, 13);" class=""><span class="s2" style="color: black;">IANA Stewardship Transition Archive <<a href="https://www.nro.net/internet-governance/iana/iana-stewardship-transition/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">https://www.nro.net/internet-governance/iana/iana-stewardship-transition/</a>></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">The SLA for the IANA Numbering Services <<a href="https://www.nro.net/sla" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><span class="s1" style="color: rgb(220, 161, 13);">https://www.nro.net/sla</span></a>><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">IANA Stewardship Transition Number Community Proposal <<a href="https://www.nro.net/crisp-final-proposal" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><span class="s1" style="color: rgb(220, 161, 13);">https://www.nro.net/crisp-final-proposal</span></a>><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(220, 161, 13);" class=""><span class="s2" style="color: black;">IANA RC Report 2019 <<a href="https://www.nro.net/iana-rc-report-2019" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">https://www.nro.net/iana-rc-report-2019</a>></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(220, 161, 13);" class=""><span class="s2" style="color: black;">IANA RC Report 2018 <<a href="https://www.nro.net/iana-rc-report-2018" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">https://www.nro.net/iana-rc-report-2018</a>></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(220, 161, 13);" class=""><span class="s2" style="color: black;">IANA RC Report 2017 <<a href="https://www.nro.net/iana-rc-report-2017" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">https://www.nro.net/iana-rc-report-2017</a>></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><span class="s2" style="color: black;"><br class=""></span></div></body></html>